U.K. Accountants in ‘Mental Health Crisis’ From Work Stress

Work stress has plunged the U.K. accounting profession into a “mental health crisis,” a survey released April 26 has concluded.

Three quarters of U.K. chartered accountants say that work has negatively affected them over the past year, with 61 percent saying it had hurt a close relationship, according to the Chartered Accountants’ Benevolent Association, the well-being charity set up on behalf of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

• U.K. research consulting firm Vitreous World questioned 251 accountants for CABA in November 2018 and found that close to a third complained of feeling stressed at work every day, ...